Street-cleaner.



R. C, MENZlESf I STREET GLEANER.

[Application filed July 21, 1900.)

(No ModeL) Wiixjessas U TTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT C. MENZIES, OF GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK.

STREET-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 664,878- dated January I, 1901. Application filed July 21, 1900. Serial No. 24.444. (No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT C. MENZIES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glens Falls, in the county of Warren and State'of New York, have invented a new and useful Street-Cleaner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to street-cleaners in general, and more particularly to that class designed to be operated by hand, although it will be understood from the following description that the principles involved may be embodied in a cleaner drawn'by horses or in any other manner.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eificient construction with which the dirt upon the stree maybe taken up and deposited in a receptacle, when latter may be removed whendesired for dumping.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure l is a plan view showing the complete implement. tion showing the parts of the machine in position to receive the dirt in the pan, the positions of the parts when the dirt is discharged from the pan into the receptacle being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the-machine.

Referring now to the drawings, the machine comprises a frame including two U-shaped plates 5 and 6, of which the plate 5 lies in a vertical plane and the plate 6 lies in a horizontal plane, the ends of the sides of the plates being connected, as shown. At the points of connection of the plates 5 and 6 are formed openings, through which are passed the ends of a bowed axle 7, which latter is held rigidly to the sides of the plate 6 by clips 3 and to the web of the plate 6 by a clip 9.

The outwardly-directed ends of the axle 7, which lie in axial alinement, are provided with supporting-wheels 19, and in order that the apparatus may be moved from place to place handles are provided. These handles (shown at ll) are formed by the sides of a U-shaped frame, the ends of which are socured under the clips 8 and which are further secured to the sides of the plate 6 by Fig. 2 is a side'eleva.

anism of the machine.

The web of the plate 5 is adapted to receive and support a receptacle 14, which is shown as cylindrical, although it maybe of other specific shape, and lies within the bow of the axle 7, the ends of the plate 6 being connected by a chain 15, which passes around the rear side of the receptacle and holds it in its place upon the plate 5. As an additional support for the receptacle a plate 16 is secured to' the web of plate 5 and is extended forwardly therefrom to a point beneath the web or plate 6, where it is bent downwardly at right angles to form 'a foot 17 and is then bent upwardly to form a brace 18, and is attached at its upper end to the web 19 of plate 6.

Upon the sides of the plates 6, adjacent to the web thereof, are formed upwardly directed lugs 20, wh'ich'are perforated to receive interchangeably the pivot-pins '21, which are engaged also'with the rear ends of the arms 22 of the pan 23. This pan 23 consists of a plate having its sides bent upwardly, as

shown at 24, to form a scoop similar to an ordinary dust-pan, the sides being converged rearwardly and terminating at the rear edge of the plate, where they are separated by an interspace 25, through which the contents of the pan may be discharged. The edge of the pan opposite to the discharge-opening is bent upwardly and is then bent forwardly and downwardly to form an incline, which rests against the ground and over which the dirt may be brushed intothe pan. When the pan has been filled, it is raised upon the pivots of the arms and its contents are discharged through the chute and into the receptacle.

To raise and lower the pan, the pan-arms neat-ion of the arms may be adj listed to move the pan to the proper eosition under different conditions.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The dirt in the street havin been collected into piles, the machine is moved up to one of v the piles and the pan is lowered into the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, With an ordinary streetbrush the dir brushed over the incline and into the pan, after which the handle or" the pan is r ised to bring the pan into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, when the dirt is dis charged from the pan and into the receptaole, the discharge end of the pan lyingthen above the mouth of the'receptaole, After thedirt has been discharged the shovel may be returned to receive other dirt. When the receptacle has been filled, the chain may be disengaged by removing the book 29 at one end thereof from the perforation into which it is engaged, and the receptacle may be dumped or another may be substituted for-it.

it will of course be understood that in practice various mechanical changes may be made over the specific construction shown and that any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various parts wit-bout departing from the spirit of the invention.

It is evident to those skill-ed in this art that the dirt may be crashed into the pan "from the position in which it lies in the street instead of being first collected into piles; also, that the apparatus may be used in any other manner to which it is adapted.

What is claimed isi 1. A street-cleaner comprising a supporting-frame having whe'els and adapted to receive a dirt-receptacle, said frame extending at one side of the axis of the wheels and provided with a supportingfoot adapted for movement into and out of contact with the ground as the frame is moved, a pan pit otally connected with the extending :EOl'lilOll of the frame above the foot and adapted is their raise and lower the foot, arms pivoted upon the frame above the "foot, a pan carried by the arms and adaptedto lie upon the street to receive dirt and to be raised to discharge to a receptacle upon the frame, and a handle for thepan. I

8. A street-cleaner comprising a'frame includingtwo ij-shagied plates disposed at right shaped plates and bent to form a supporting-foot, snoporting-wheels connected with the frame, and a pas pivoted to the frame against the street discharge to a receptacle upon the frame.

ported frame including two iJ-sliaped plates lying at right angles to each other, a plate tacle disposed noon the web of one of the plates, a chain attached at its ends to'theexpivoted to the frame, a handle for the frame and a handle connected with the pan'to receptacle,

my own I havehereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

. ROBERT C. MENZlES.

Witnesses Peres KING,

A. F. Roo'r.

connected with the frame for moving it to.

angles, a plate connecting the webs of the U- and adapted for movement to alternately lie A street-cleaner comprising a wheel-sup- 7 connecting the webs of the ii-shaped plates 7 and bent to form a supporting-foot, arecepi treznitie's oi the U-shaped plates to hold the V receptacle in position, a pan having armsfl 8o I verse it and cause it to discharge to the re- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 

